Why the Holidays are the Best Time to “Present” Candidates with An Opportunity
New Year resolutions don’t begin on January 1st, a vacation doesn’t start the moment you board the plane, and a new hires first day isn’t the day they start with the company. It might look that way, but chase the spark back, and you’ll see that these ideas and plans started way before the date…
Read MoreHandling Negative Feedback and Restoring Reputation
If somewhere has one hundred 5-star reviews and five 1-star reviews, are you skeptical or do you dive headfirst into catastrophizing? Sure there are all these great reviews but the 1 star is the powerful star, the star that pulls the rug out of everything good and sends your business, product, or service crashing down…
Read MoreSlow Down, Hire Right: Reducing Stress While Guaranteeing a Successful Hire
Next time you watch a race, watch what happens just before the start. The athletes step into a position of extreme focus. This is a race they have run plenty of times in practice, and plenty more in their head. They take a deep breath and tune out the fans, so that there’s only the…
Read MoreNavigating the New Titus Talent Strategies Website: Quality Talent. Lasting Impact.
In the fast-paced world of talent acquisition, adaptation and evolution are keys to staying relevant and thriving. We, at Titus Talent Strategies, have always recognized this truth, and it’s what has driven us to take a long look at who we are and how we’ve matured as a company. What began as a desire to…
Read MoreTo ATS or Not to ATS
There are also some potential drawbacks to consider before investing in an ATS. In this blog post, we will discuss the pros and cons of ATS’s, and help you decide if one is right for your organization. At the end of this blog, we’re going to share a secret about some major changes that are…
Read MoreWhy Recruiting in Rural Areas is More Important Than Ever
For some companies, especially those in industrial, manufacturing, or logistics-based spheres, work-from-home opportunities remain an impossibility (putting a CnC machine in your home is impractical at best). For these companies, remote often means rural, and hiring for these types of remote roles can be challenging (but also surprisingly attractive to certain candidates). Rural communities, once perceived…
Read More6 Spine Chilling Recruitment Stats
Like any horror story, the world of hiring can be filled with chilling surprises. As hiring managers and HR leaders, it’s essential to be aware of the spine-tingling stats that could haunt your organization if you neglect your recruitment strategies. Let’s take a terrifying tour through the haunted house of hiring and uncover these eerie…
Read MoreLifesaving Lessons in Healthcare Recruitment
CPR. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. CPR is conducted in the severest of emergencies where it is determined that an individual’s life is in danger if immediate action is not taken to attempt to restart their heart. It’s something we’ve all witnessed on TV or in movies and, heaven forbid—for some of us—in real life. CPR. Compressions. Pulse…
Read MoreThe Power of Courageous Candor
The worst thing you can do to someone is to tell them what they want to hear. There’s a big difference between being winsome and engaging the Dale Carnegie philosophy of not correcting someone to maintain the relationship vs. agreeing with someone from a place of fear or holding back on sharing a difficult truth…
Read MoreAnecdotes, Assumptions, and Poor Hiring Decisions
Every week, I (Bethany Whitted) sit on at least 20 calls with recruiting teams from a spectrum of industries. We discuss the pros and cons of candidates. Often, decisions are made on those calls about how the candidates rank amongst each other and which candidates should be discarded. I want to shed some light on…
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